Matt Keasey, president of Spring House Brewery in Conestoga, says his customers want more options.

“If we could sell single bottles, they’d love to take single bottles out. If we could do mixed six packs, (that would be good too),” said Keasey.

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The liquor privatization bill could also extend to breweries.

“I think it would be nice to have more places that carry our product,” said Keasey.

But it’s the expanded access to more products in more places that also poses the biggest threat to breweries, like Spring House. It’s in the consumer choice that Gov. Tom Corbett says is a key part of passing the bill.

“Free market opportunities, businesses that are already developed, that will grow,” said Corbett.

Those are businesses that Keasey says would now compete with them for shelf space in, say, a grocery store. While consumers may want more packaging options, that too doesn’t come without a price tag.

“We’re going against larger breweries who can eat those costs and their prices are going to be lower than ours,” said Keasey.

This is something Keasey says they’ve already encountered with West Coast brewing companies making their way east.

As a result, Keasey says they’ve hired a new sales rep to look into more ways to expand if liquor, wine and beer sales are privatized.

Right now, Spring House can be found in places like the Tap Room in Lancaster City and through other beer distributors.

But if the bill passes, Keasey says expanding across the state may be what they have to do to stay competitive.

Corbett says he’s optimistic the bill will pass by the end of the month, along with the budget. But Wednesday, he also said he has kept the first two weeks in July open, just in case.